Saturday, July 16, 2005

2005 book 90

j.k. rowling's harry potter and the half-blood prince
did any of you doubt that i would stay up until i finished it? it took just under three and a half hours--it was worth it. i don't want to give anything away to anyone who may see this, but i'll just say i was very pleased with this one--harry does have his stubborn moments but isn't nearly as aggravating as in book 5, and there wasn't enough neville for my tastes, and i did figure out the half-blood prince early on (and was very proud of being right!), but none of these are bad things. christina, there aren't as many lighter moments as you were hoping for--although there is some romancin' (all of whihc made me grin!). and dudes, it's dark. but the set-up for book 7 . . . wowsas. it's gonna break the mold, folks.

probably i will follow form and reread it tomorrow. now i will try and stop thinking about it long enough to sleep.

and hey! all of you hurry up and read it, b/c there is a lot to talk about and i'm ready for some talkin'!!!

3 comments:

David said...

You've read it twice? Holy crap. I have spent the past three weeks on a book that is only 200 pages long and i am only on page 70.

You are a true hero.

But does that count for two books this year?

d

Alicia K. said...

heh, i'm a really fast reader--it's one of my many talents. :) thank you for calling me a hero!

it's easier to read good, engrossing books quickly--is the book you're reading sort of boring?

and no, it doesn't count as two books, especially since i read it twice in a row! i just like re-reading it so the harry potter experience lasts a little longer--and so i can better process my thoughts about the book by looking for the little clues to the end stuff that appear throughout the book.

i'm sorry if this makes no sense--i actually only got 2.5 hours of sleep and i'm in that totally confused euphoric state that comes from total exhaustion!

are you going to be at the 506 show tomorrow?

David said...

No, my book is excellent. But I am a slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww reader.